The week started off with Lesley Brown and Janice Murgatroyd beating a pair of Ladies from Garston 26-11 to get through the First round of the Watford & District Ladies Pairs. Not to be outdone, David Brown beat K Mileham from Garston 21-11 in the 2nd round of the County Singles.
In the Mens Herts Inter Club Team Championships Berkhamsted lost 51-59 to Bushey but fortunes changed in the Dacorum Shield match against Bovingdon with Berkhamsted winning on all rinks with a score of 84 to 48 giving Berkhamsted a full house with 5 points. A top rink of Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong, Linda Ralphs and Jackie Cormack won 35-6.
Garston got their revenge following the previous results by beating a team of Berkhamsted men in the National Top Club competition by 98-47. The only winning rink was Paul Mackness and Brian Ralphs who won the pairs.
In the Tony Allcock trophy 2 teams of Carole Dunn, Brian Ralphs, Jackie Carr, Wally Dunn and Lesley Brown, Linda Ralphs, Terry Kenyon and David Brown beat teams from Potters Bar 35-24 to go through to the 4th round against Rosedale. In the weekend friendly matches Berkhamsted had a good win against Little Gaddesden by 96 shots to 38 with a top rink of Nolan Biggs, Del Root and Kevin Clarke who won 35-5. This did not last when, on Sunday, Hemel Hempstead won by 105 shots to 73, despite the efforts of top rink Marion Maynard, Geoff Drew and Ken Maynard